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Do you have a problem with mice? If you do, then you will be looking for the best mouse trap. My advice is to take a look at the Victor M2524 Electronic Mouse Trap. In my experience I found this to be the most successful type of trap, catching more than the conventional models, with the added bonus of not needing to handle the vermin.

When I had a problem with mice in my garage, I originally looked at the M2524 and decided it was too expensive. My next thought was to catch them humanely and release them in nearby fields. I also thought it would be a cheaper solution.

I baited two traps along the back of my workbench, as I could see droppings along there. The plan was to catch the mice alive.

The bait was taken for 2 days without a catch. On the third day I went into the garage but could only see one trap. I looked around and the other trap was lying down the back of the bench. I picked it up and could tell by the weight it had a mouse inside. I checked the mouse and it looked completely dishevelled, and it was obvious that once caught, it had thrashed around to the point the trap fell off the bench. As it had died completely stressed out, it rather defeats the object of trying to treat the mice humanely, so I decided to buy an electronic trap, at least the mice do not suffer.

Best Mouse Trap

The Victor M2524 trap works by killing mice with a high voltage, which is produced by an electronic circuit using the 4 AA batteries.

Setting up is simplicity itself. Open the trap lid and you will see the high voltage pads at the far end from the entry hole. The mouse has to touch both of these to be electrocuted, so put the bait where it has to reach across. The trap has a cutout switch that disables the voltage when the lid is opened. The run is made tight so that once the mouse is inside it will find it hard to back out.

Close the lid and turn on the switch. The LED will light for about 2 seconds then goes off. The unit is now armed. Place the unit directly in the mouse run.

Check the trap at least once every 24 hours. If the LED is blinking then the trap will have been triggered and you should have your first mouse! (the LED stops blinking after 24 hours)

For bait, I personally found that crushed peanuts work well. I put some inside the trap plus some by the entry hole.

Foot tattoos are not only adorned by women but men too follow this fashion trend. If your work environment frowns upon tattoos, the foot is a great place to get one. Tattoos on the feet are inconspicuous and if you don’t wish to share your tattoo with everyone, this is one region that is usually covered. But they can be quite painful as it is a bony region with very little fat content. They can be unisex as well, so if you wish to ink something meaningful or symbolic for your other half, both of you can get one each on the foot. This way, not everyone gets to see it and it remains a sexy secret between the two of you.

But before you decide to get inked on your foot, remember that foot tattoos are particularly painful. Also, foot tattoos require extra precautions when compared to other part of your body. The healing period for a foot tattoo is considerable. You can’t cover the part of the foot which has the tattoo or anything that will rub against in constantly like socks or shoes. If you have to go out, the foot should be covered and a sunscreen lotion should be applied on it, with very less exposure to the sun. Utmost care has to be taken to keep your foot clean with regular warm water foot baths. You can’t scrub your foot; it has to be patted dry. Also, they tend to fade more easily than tattoos inked on other parts of the body. So you have to keep in mind that re-inking might be required regularly to keep you tattoo constantly looking attractive and a lot of care has to be taken of the tattoo as well as your foot.

But, if you are one of those people who need striking and unique art which is less common than these tattoos is the way to go as very few people get it done and it usually stands out when on display. Also, if you are a private person and don’t wish to put your personal body art on display, a tattoo on foot is a good option. Usually they are inked from the upper foot going down, some prefer ankle tattoos as well. One of the common designs that are done on the foot is stars – nautical or plain, a group of small stars starting from the upper corner of the foot till mid foot look really cool. A skeleton of the foot bones looks really cool and not at all macabre. Tribal designs, chains, skulls and flames are some common designs men prefer to ink onto their foot.

With satellite television, you are offered far more channels than what you could get with cable. Although we have seen a number of exciting changes specific to television, satellite is considered one of the most powerful. After all, having the ability to choose the exact channels that interest you is a huge benefit to choosing satellite. With cable, you would be limited by the package deal you buy but with satellite, you can look through as many channels as you like. Because of this, we see a growing number of people trading out cable for satellite.

Keep in mind that programming for satellite television is actually a simple concept. The bottom line is that you get more channels within the same genre or different genre as you want. For instance, the two primary satellite television companies are now offering customers a broader range of channels so if you were a movie buff, you could choose all of the movie channels but if not, these channels could be eliminated or bypassed.

With so many different satellite channels, you have a much greater variety. With multi channel programming, watching the stations that you want makes television easier. Another huge benefit to going with satellite television is that you never have to worry about when a special show will be broadcast. In other words, you now have advanced show time listings so you never miss another important show.

Of course, one of the greatest features of satellite television is taking back control over what your children watch. If you have concerns about your children seeing television with too much sex, violence, bad language, and so on, then you have the power to lock out those channels or specific shows. While not important for everyone, homes with smaller children find this to be a huge advantage over other types of viewing.

Keep in mind that many televisions today offer some type of security but without doubt, satellite programming is by far the best. In addition to security for your family, satellite programming, especially for High Definition TV or HDTV is the best. Remember, with HDTV satellite programming, you usually see variation from one station to another. In some cases, the larger channels that transmit HD come with four of the largest broadcast networks to include Discovery, ESPN, HBO, and TNT.

The Fairline Phantom 40 is a very popular flybridge cruiser, held in high regard by boat owners and the industry alike. This boat combines the practicality required for serious, long-distance cruising with the spaciousness and comfort to accommodate four people with an exclusive blend of privacy and sociability. The Phantom 40 is a boat that should feature on the wish list of anyone looking for a second-hand family-friendly flybridge cruiser.

Who and what is the boat designed for?

The Fairline Phantom 40 is a power cruiser built to cross large expanses of water with ease. It features wider side-decks, heavy-duty hand railing, deeper flybridge steps, elevated helm position, and many other sound, sensible design decisions. This boat is a good choice for anyone who enjoys sharing their love of luxurious high-performance cruising with friends and family.

What commentators say about this flybridge cruiser

The Fairline Phantom 40 is strongly influenced by the runaway success of the Phantom 50, drawing upon many of her design insights.

The distinctive ellipses that characterise the Phantom 40’s exterior and interior give her a graceful yet purposeful air that will stand out, even in the busiest of marinas.

The Fairline Phantom 40 perfectly captures that elusive blend of privacy and sociability that is the secret behind successful onboard entertaining.

Model variations

If you’re thinking of buying a used Fairline Phantom 40, you can choose from a range of variations.

The Phantom 40 (Mk1) launched in September 1994, with 68 built up to December 1996.

The Phantom 42 was launched in 1997, following a facelift, and ran until December 1999, with 116 built in this version.

These early models were fitted with a choice of Volvo TAMD63L engines (318hp each) or Volvo TAMD63P (370hp each).

The Phantom 40 (Mk2) ran from January 2002 to September 2009, with 118 built.

If you’re buying a used Phantom 40, our engineers have reported some things to watch out for and potential faults that might occur on this boat from time to time.

Access around the engines is tight.

When taking the radar arch down for transport, the boat is prone to water leaks and electrical problems affecting the items on the arch. This will show as staining of the head linings in the saloon and dark discolouration of the cherry wood panels. To avoid the problem, ensure that the build up/break down is carried out by a professional when transporting the boat.

Metal blinds in the saloon can suffer from corrosion.

Cherry wood panels can “bloom” if the boat has had excess humidity. A white sheen will show behind the lacquer.

Keeping your Fairline Phantom 40 in shape

When buying a used Fairline Phantom 40, regular scheduled servicing and attention to some minor points will keep your craft in top condition.

Regular servicing

Carry out regular engine and drive servicing in line with Fairline’s recommended intervals for the Phantom 40.

Maintenance

Check the steering reservoir is up to pressure.

Keep the bilge dry to avoid humidity and condensation.

Always keep batteries well charged.

Laying up

When turning off fridges, leave doors open to avoid mould.

Put the windscreen nets on to keep out the harmful UV that will bleach the wooden surfaces.

Keep the flybridge covered with a tonneau or console cover.

Model-specific repairs

The Fairline Phantom 40 is not known for needing specific repairs more frequently than other boats.

Why buy a pre-owned Fairline Phantom 40?

This boat offers a great balance of performance, luxury, spaciousness and practical design. The Phantom’s secure, sea-going qualities and refined comfort will give you, your family and friends enjoyable, safe and luxurious cruising, wherever you sail.

Man and woman are made to fall in love; and many do. But today, marriages do not seem to be very lasting. Couples are experiencing troubles in their relationship, much less marriage and tend to throw in the towel all too quickly. There are seemingly too many distractions on the couple; too many temptations that one or the other could not resist. These can break up a marriage or any relationship.

Unique solution

If a couple is really serious about their relationship, then they would have to work on it. There are many ways to work out problems as there are many solutions to a problem.

One simple solution for a dull relationship is some sexy lingerie. Many men and women have found it a helpful solution to build up their relationship and get the excitement again with each other and boost their relationship. And it does not cost very much.

In today’s world of make believe, as in the movie and television screens, the wrong message is conveyed about a relationship where passion is a key to a relationship. While passion is necessary and important, it is not the major factor to make a relationship work and all the more, to keep it going. The make believe world would have us believe that everything is on passion to make your life go round; it is not necessarily so. There are many other factors, moral factors, involved in a life or relationship.

Sexy lingerie can help give the couple a little ‘make believe’ in their world of reality. They may not be the sexy beauty or the hulky hero as portrayed in movies, but they can share a moment of fantasy with each other than go down the wrong path and hurt their relationship. There is always room to try out certain fantasies to bring some excitement and pleasure in a couple’s life instead of constant suppression. Man and woman are made with feelings and needs that have to be satisfied.

Lingerie attraction

Simple lingerie can help couples enjoy some time of intimacy to boost up their relationship. They fell in love and things go awry after a while; perhaps due to the busyness of life’s demands or as the saying goes, ‘familiarity breeds contempt’, couples can drift apart in their relationship if care is not exercised to avoid or prevent that from happening.

Lingerie can spice up the couple’s love relationship as man tends to operate by sight; he sees something sexy in a woman who dons sexy lingerie. Lingerie can be simple yet sexy or just a seductive baby doll style can do wonders to bring attention and focus on the right partners in a relationship instead of worrying about a partner straying off.

Women have plenty of choices when it comes to sexy lingerie. They too want to look and feel sexy for their spouse or partner. A seductive undergarment or dress works well when you are ready for some hot moments with your guy. Investing in some sexy lingerie once in a while is a wise option to keep the fire in your relationship.

Identity theft protection companies are a dime a dozen on the internet. There are a few industry leaders who provide great services, but what separates the best from the rest? The services offered by a variety of different identity theft protection services will be examined so you can understand exactly how your identity is being protected. Identity theft protection services are provided for both individuals and families. Their services can be broken down into credit monitoring and reports, protection services, and recovery services.

The first thing you should determine is your budget and whether you want individual or family protection. Most protection services are offered at a price range from $5-25 a month. Most services will provide discounts for longer terms, like annual subscriptions. Obviously if you have a family you will want to protect their credit as children are commonly targeted due to their clean credit history’s. You should find some reviews of identity theft protection services you are interested in. While most services will provide a guarantee of their service level in the form of identity theft insurance, you should take care to read the policies of an identity theft reimbursement insurance plan before making the purchase.

Credit monitoring includes your credit reports and in some cases scores from credit bureaus. You can usually read through the report in your dashboard. Many services also proactively monitor the web for private and public records with reference to your identity. Companies like LifeLock will automatically opt you out of pre-approved credit offers and take further proactive action to prevent your identity from being stolen. Markets which sell and otherwise expose identities are also monitored for your identity. When your information is removed from these malicious websites an identity protection service will continue to monitor the page for a repost of your information, so it can be removed again.

Recovery services offered by identity protection companies include assistance with cancelling your cards when they are lost or stolen and 24/7 access to credit experts. Most companies offering these services have exclusive contacts with crediting companies, and if necessary, will make contact with a creditor to resolve misuse of your identity. Any misuse of your identity with government agencies and private companies will also be cleared up.

If you are not currently protected you may want to consider subscribing to an affordable identity protection service. There are many options to choose from and with identity theft affecting nearly 10 million Americans everyday.

StarCraft is a military science fiction video game that came on the market in 1998 from Blizzard Entertainment. It has become one of the best-selling computer games with more than 9 million copies sold throughout the world. It is regarded as one of the best games of all times and raised the bar for the development of future video games. Based on the success of this game Starcraft mods have also been developed, by hackers who want to cash in on this success and make money on their own.

Many of the custom modifications you get when you purchase the StarCraft game use the same editor. However, with some of the newer games you have to make a few custom hacks changes to be able to get around the restrictions of the existing editor. Some of the mod creators even record their own sound effects and voices, but for the most part they still exhibit the same polished integrated structure as the original game. This is because it is relatively easy to break the balancing and produce artwork that fits in with the Blizzard creations.

There are custom mods for the StarCraft game that do have changes made in the programming. This gives these mods their own unique take on the game. Hackers that create these mods can adapt the StarCratft files and have different sounds and graphics. Some of the mods are even more intense than the original game providing for single players. Others have made extensive changes to the sound and graphics and even the action of the game itself.

There are many different mods of the StaraCraft game, some of which vary little from the original. They include:

– Aliens vs. Predator: Retribution TC – this is a German speaking version of the game with total conversion

– Brutkrieg.de’s TC pack – This German version of the game features a collection of homemade add-on packs and TC’s. They are bundled together and sold as one package.

– Gundam Century – This was originally called GundamCraft that replaced the StarCraft graphics with the manga mecha characters of Gundam and their robotic vehicles. The game also replaced two of the StarCraft races – Federation replaced Terrans and Neo Zion replaced Protoss. The site was shut down for a while, but is now live again. However production of new mods has not resumed.

– NeoTech – This mod features an upgrade to all the Terran forces with most of the units replaced by units that look more spectacular.

– Open Rebellion – This is a total conversion of the Brood War that very closely resembles the original version.

– Robotech: Enemy Frontier – This is a total conversion of the Robotech game of the 1980’s.

– StarCraft Sickel Add-On – This is a fan built extension kit for the Brood War game. It adds to the existing line of units and allows for the addition of new units. There are two new Terran tanks, a new Zerg unit and several capital classes of Protoss.

– StarCraft Team Fortress – This mod totally changes the game so that it is somewhat like the Half-Life Team Fortress.

Got problems with your Wii that has a troubleshoot problem? There are 3 ways to successfully solve your troubleshooting problems… What you could do is to send your console to Nintendo, to a repair shop, or you could actually fix the problems by yourself. It’s hard to choose if you don’t know what the best option is, right? Let me help you! I will compare them, and you’ll make a choice, deal?

Sending your Wii that’s having a troubleshoot problem to Nintendo

What you could do is that you send your console to Nintendo. Although, this might sound like a great idea, but seriously, look better! The costs and the waiting times are horrible! Watch this.

When you do this, you’ll have to pay $82,50 and that’s including the handling and shipping costs. That’s quite a lot of money you’ll have to pay there isn’t it? Another huge downside are the waiting times. Many people had to wait literally for weeks and weeks until they had their Wii back.

Send your console to a repair shop

Another thing that you could do, is to send your console that’s having the troubleshoot problem to a repair shop. Basically, this is exactly the same as sending it to Nintendo, but the only difference is the waiting time. The price would be almost the same…

When you do this, you will have to count on a $60 to $80 repair costs. Also, the waiting times are at least 1 week, and could go up easily to 2 weeks… Keep that in mind!

Repair your Wii troubleshoot problem by…. Yourself!

The best option that you’ve got to fix your Wii troubleshoot problem, is to actually fix it by yourself. It will be cheap, fast and easy, as long as you use a repair guide.

This repair guide will help you step by step to fix your troubleshoot problem with easy to understand instructions and detailed photo’s.